The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-09-10
LOCAL AFFAIRS
LOCAL BREyITIEs.

eepted p0Sltlon with MI. d. l. Oluuoihi III Z
his city. ,
According to Madam Rumor there are to /
De three or four weddings in Westminster be- ,
ore the LIST of January.
Thirty tickets were sold at Westminster {
lepot for the Lutheran reunion at Penmar on {
tuesday and Wednesday.
A black snake four feet long was killed on
Thursday morning in the yard of Mr.. Jos. b.
5sEle, corper of Green and centre streets.
DIR. T. H Seiss has been chosen burgess of
ifr the place of Mr.. Josiah Adels-
.erger, resigned. Mr., j. ii. Kemp succeeds
Dr.. Seiss ia the eOnncil3
Rev. Fl. W. Kuhns. D., D., of this city, =
ttended the Lutheran reunion, at Penmar on
donday, and made an address on the devel- 6
pment of Sunday School work. r
The Mayor and Council last Monday night "
ecided to purchase three hundred feet more d
{ hose for the Fire Department. which will a
letsase the total amount to 800 feet. b
Herr Bros, of Westminster, took two pre-
NUNS al the Baltimore County Fair, at r.ster
lonium, this week, one for West es'iii'n :
'agon, six passenger, and one
ter wagon, fosr passenger. 4>JouncIl OF west
The Mayor and Comme. snday and tuesday
,;nStor viii air M, =. 18th and 10Th, for the
IS Jose OF making transfers and abatements,
The meetings will be held at 7.30 o'clock
Two heaters and four registers have been
put in Centenary NJ. Z. Church, this city, and
the main audience room is to be renovated.
In the lecture room the pulpit has been moved
from the front te the rear, new mating Is to
he put down, and the walls and ceiling are
being kalsomined.
Hon. Charles B. Roberts, attorney named
in the mortgage from Eli T. and EphFaim
Warner to DR.. John F. B. Weaver, on Tues
day e4ernoon sold the property mentioned in
the mortgage, being farm containing ~
acres. for S4,094.23. Mr.. Roberts was him
self the purchaser,
Greer the left fielder of the old Westmn-
ster base ball club, has been suspended by
the Brooklyn management. Greer, 1t seems,
has fallen into a common habit among pro-
Eessioaal players, using strong drink lie
has been fielding and batting well, however.
Ju addition 10 the new houses noticed else
where, Mr.. William Yingling is putting up a
store and dwelling, 1880 feet, on Pennsy-
wanna avenue, and Mr.. Thomas Bankert is
having dwelling, 22x40 feet. erected on
Belle Grove Square.
The public schools opened on Monday last.
The attendance in this city is not up 10 the
usual number, owing to the fact that many
children fnd profitable employment at the
canning establishments. The County Teach
ers' Association met at Central Hall School
Building yesterday.
An alarm of fire, caused by . chimney at
the residence of Mr.. Augustus Ensor, on
Belle Grove Square, catching fire. brought
out the fire department and the entire popus
lation about 8 o'clock last Saturday night.
No damage was done, and the services OF the
department were not needed.
Quite number of persons have subscribed
for the ADVOCATE for the campaign, from
September 18th to November 18th, and others
are coming in daily. The price is onis twenty.
advantage of this low rate, should send in
their names, accompanied by the money, not
later than Tuesday Of next week.
Allen Davis, son of Mr.. james C. Davis,
of Taaeytown, has been quite ill with typhoid
fever, but is now considerably better. IN
July last all of Mr.. Davis family, nine in
number, were afflicted with the measles, ex-
cept himself Allen bad recovered but two
weeks when he was taken with the fever.
Mnch new paving has been laid in West
minister this year, and there has been quite
an improvement in our sidewalks. Mr.. VIM.
A. Wampier is paving the East side of Church
street, and Mr. w. II. Bell is laying consid
cradle paving 90 Church street, south of
Main. On Green street DR.. Nelson is pre-
pairing to lay pavement in front OF his
property, $50 feet.
The Mayor and City Council of Wastmin-
ster at meeting on Monday night reappont-
ed and confirmed Mr.. Chas. Ii. Baughman
tax collector for the ensuing year. The mat
ter of exempting manufacturing plant from
taxation was considered. The counsel to the
corporation was instructed to ascertain if the
Mayor and Council had authority to make
such exemption, and it was decided to call
"a meeting Of the citizens to consider the
matter.
The contributors to the Flower Mission on
Thursday were Mrs. VIM. Coon, Mrs. James
A. C. BOND, Mrs. Fiddis, Mrs, George W.
Matthews, Miss Sheeler Mrs. J. I. WRmpler,
Mrs Pfeffer, Miss Joe Lambert, Miss N. y.
Shelman and Paul Reese. The boys assisting
were Frank Butler and Clarence Billingslea.
Next Thursday Mrs. Charles Billingslea and
Miss Huber will receive, and Misses Murray
and Herring pack and ship. The Mission will
close its york for the season on October LIST.
The Fire Department of Union Bridge will
hold a festival on Thursday, Friday and Sat
nrday nights of next week, aud have extspd-
ed an invitation to the Westminster Fire
Department to be present one evening" The
lattex on Wednesday night accepted the invi-
fatioE, and will go up on Saturday evening
on the BlMe Mountain train and will be met
by the Union Bridge Department, aud pa.
rade of the two companies will follow, and
ladder exhibition }e Westminster boys
will take their torc.es along, and have
torchlight parade at night.
Mrs. Emily Lockard is preparing to build a
frame dwelling on the old Fair Grounds, OPP
poste the residence of Mr.. Philip Hunter.
1t will be 24xl6 feet. Mr.. William Oursler
nku,ab Of
Green, adjoining the residence of Mr.. Elias
Marker The parsonage of Salem Charge,
Lutheraa Church, on Pennsylvania avenae is
nearing completion, as is also the residence
of Mr.. B. G.. Blanchard Mr.. John }. Reese
is building brick stable on his premises on
Main street, corner OF Manchester avenue,
in the place of the old log structure.
The guests of the City Hotel and the inhab.
itans of the reighborbood shortly after II
O'Clock on last Friday night were awakened
by loud screams, which proceeded from an
upper window at the hotel. A colored SER
wa1t woman heard foot steps in the hall and
,rhSs on her door, and concluded that robbers
had aptered the hotel, and raised her window
Asd gave an alarm. An investigation by
,some Of the inmates of the hotel and citizens
failed to discover the intruders, though two
persons were seen on the street who disap-
,peared when approached. The affair is still
j. mystery. On Saturday morning a kitchen
window at the residence of DIR. w. X. Erin
ger was found to have been forced open.
Iron bays prevented an entrance being effected.
The County Commissioners met on Mon
day and Tuesday ssd were engaged in gen.
,eraI business. special pension of SIS was
granted to Solomon Hall and wife, and one
of So to Mary E. Cole. eoIored. VIM. A.
Allgire has resigned as return judge Of eleg-
,tion for the 4th district, and the resignation
was accepted Up to Wednesday about
SO, 900 in taxes ON this years levy had been
paid 10, ppon which the s per cent reduction
under tk4 Jaw had been allowed. About
$1,000 more are expected on Monday and
Tuesday. The GcK,missioners this year, in
addition to the usual appropriation of 81 900
to public schools, have appropriated $1,000
more for new school houses, and it will re-
auire close figuring to get through on the levy
4 so cents.